China-invested banana plantations in Laos are sickening Lao villagers exposed to farming chemicals, however likewise provide an earnings for the neighborhoods in which the farms are positioned, according to sources in the one-party communist state. Villagers dealing with the farms end up being worn out and weak after just 2 or 3 years dealing with […]

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Myanmar’s government on Tuesday declined a Shan state member of parliament’s proposition to shutter a Chinese-owned coal-fired power plant homeowners of his area state has actually surpassed land usage specs, badly contaminated the regional environment, and endangered their health and incomes. Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) party legislator Sai Tun Aye proposed the motion […]

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Five Myanmar villagers each were sentenced to five years in jail on Friday on charges of damaging a factory structure and vehicles throughout a protest versus a Chinese-backed coal-powered cement factory in Mandalay area, a legal representative for the accuseds stated. Homeowners of Aungthabyae town in Patheingyi area encountered authorities and those in charge of […]

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